seemed like 28 decades later

Rating: 3/10 (26 October 2003)

oh, i was so completely bored beyond repair. like all danny boyle films, this one has a decent premise, and even starts out okay. the release of the virus is a statement about human nature, which also turns out to be pretty nasty.
but it's not very nasty. the infected are no big deal. they don't really pose much threat if you find a few guns and go out to the country. i realize city living is pretty fun, and all, but not when infected people want to kill you. and the black tough girl role was done in "the omega man," which, for its time, is about 5 times better than this one.
the acting was credible, the look was fine, but the story just didn't interest me. there were scenes where i was just angry at the characters and their actions. look, if infected people are about, why oh why oh why do you feel the need to go "look around."
dumb, not thought out, relying only on visuals, and boring is no way to go through life, son. danny boyle has done this in "the beach," too. he started off with a good premise, then it turned into a video game. in "trainspotting," he had all these interesting things happening early in the film--the dirtiest toilet in the world, the guy who spoke like james bond--but then he dropped the ball and didn't keep doing that throughout the film.
never will he get my money again, no matter how good the premise. maybe he should try commercials or music videos.